Improvement in paint compositions



I06. COMPOSITIONS,

COATING OR PLASTIC.

UNITED STATES JACOB B. SLIGHTER, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

KALAMAZOO, MIUHIGAJ.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAINT COMPOSITIONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l79,967, dated July 18, 1876; application filed August 30, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB B. SLICHTEB, of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of lIlichig-an, have invented a new and useful Compound as a Base for Paint;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a I full, clear, and exact description thereof,

which will enable others skilled in the art to i which itappertains to prepare and use the 5 same.

My invention relates to that class of compounds used in the manufacture offire and water proofpnints; and it consists in a composition formed by mixingthefollowing-named ingredients in or about the proportions specified, to wit: Three pints of linseed-oil; two pints of na ihtha; two pints 0 we er-g ass; one pint solution of chloride of calcium four ounces of first dissolve the resin and asphaltum or pa fied, when the compound is ready for use as a base for paints.

The compound, prepared as specified, forms a base to which any desired ingredients constituting the body of the paintinay be added, and, when thoroughly mixed, is laid on the article to be painted in the usual manner, and is I as nearly tire-proof as any substance can be made.

In preparing the said compound to be used in white or light-colored paints, I substitute for the asphaltuiu an equal amount of )araffine, and which is dissolved in the Iinseel -oil 55 same as the asphaltum.

Paints in which my said compound is used as a base dry very quickly, forming a hard surface, capable of a high degree of finish, and are wholly inodorous.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The composition, as a base for paint, consisting of linseed-oil, naphtha, water-glass, chloride of calcium. resin, gum-(laminar, and asphaltuin or parafiine, in or about the proportions specified.

JACOB BENJAMIN SLIGHT'ER.

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